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The goal of CDL’s Step It Up for Adolescent Literacy (Step It Up) is to increase reading skills of students in grades 4 – 12.Key
outcomes are:
- increased teacher response to students’ individual
reading skill profiles
- improved reading accuracy and fluency for students grades
4 – 12
- increased vocabulary development for students in grades 4-12
- improved reading comprehension for students in grades 4 – 12
Target Group
Step It Up provides targeted intervention to students in grades
4 – 12 who require additional assistance to become successful
readers.
Learning Objectives
Step It Up improves student reading performance by building teachers’ capacity
to provide effective, targeted instruction and helping teachers
to effectively implement targeted interventions for students experiencing
reading difficulties. By teaching teachers, Step It Up impacts
hundreds of students each year. Teachers gain knowledge gleaned
from scientifically-based reading research including core knowledge
about how students learn to read, how to effectively use reading
assessment and screening instruments to determine appropriate teaching
strategies, and specific instructional strategies, both for progressive
skill development and remediation.
Content & Activities
An initial needs assessment is conducted to determine students’ reading
accuracy and fluency levels, vocabulary development, and comprehension
skills. Students in participating schools are periodically assessed
to monitor their progress.Teachers and principals gain in-depth,
scientific research based instruction on core knowledge for teaching
reading:
- using assessment to drive reading intervention
- instructional strategies for both progressive reading skill development and remediation in three main areas: accuracy and fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
School-based support is provided on topics such as schedule design for blocks of intensive intervention, setting-up a data system, and effective program management and delivery.
Initiative Specifics
Step It Up is a 12-month initiative. Educators attend a 4- day institute that is content-focused and highly interactive, combining lecture, demonstrations and collaborative learning. Follow-up and support services are provided at individual school sites and include a comprehensive needs assessment, student assessments, data analysis, grouping of students, mentoring, coaching, modeling of lessons, and facilitation of study/problem-solving groups.
Initiative Staff
Step It Up for Adolescent Literacy is implemented by a cadre of specialists including highly-qualified reading and literacy specialists, psychologists and national experts.
Customize for Your School
CDL will customize this initiative to fit the unique needs of
your school. For example, the 4-day institute may be reduced to 2 days, with the remaining portion of the institute content delivered in 4 quarterly 3-hour sessions. Additionally,
university graduate credit can be arranged through a local university.
For Pricing and More Information
Please contact the Center for Development and Learning:
One Galleria Blvd., Suite 903
Metairie, LA 70001
Phone: (504) 840-9786
Email: learn@cdl.org
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